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Le Haut-Richelieu Regional County Municipality
Regional county municipality
Location in province of Quebec.
Coordinates: 45°12′N 73°14′W / 45.200°N 73.233°W / 45.200; -73.233
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Montérégie
Effective	January 1, 1982
County seat	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
Government
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Andrée Bouchard
Area
• Total	999.70 km (385.99 sq mi)
• Land	936.02 km (361.40 sq mi)
Population
• Total	117,443
• Density	125.5/km (325/sq mi)
• Change 2011-2016	2.7%
• Dwellings	52,461
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Website	www.mrchr.qc.ca

Le Haut-Richelieu Regional County Municipality (French pronunciation: [lə o ʁiʃ(ə)ljø], lit. 'The Upper Richelieu') is a regional county municipality in the Montérégie region in southwestern Quebec, Canada. Its seat is in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu. It is named for the Richelieu River which runs south-north through it.

Subdivisions

There are 14 subdivisions within the RCM:

Demographics

Population

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Le Haut-Richelieu Regional County Municipality, Quebec
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2016		116,150		108,675	2.3%	93.6%		3,645	5.9%	3.1%		1,005	2.6%	0.9%		2,825	32.6%	2.4%
2011		113,245		106,260	5.8%	93.83%		3,875	15.5%	3.42%		980	41.0%	0.87%		2,130	25.7%	1.88%
2006		107,390		100,475	7.8%	93.56%		3,355	10.5%	3.12%		695	4.8%	0.65%		2,865	44.7%	2.67%
2001		99,630		93,170	2.9%	93.52%		3,750	2.5%	3.76%		730	7.0%	0.73%		1,980	37.0%	1.99%
1996		96,475		90,585	n/a	93.89%		3,660	n/a	3.79%		785	n/a	0.81%		1,445	n/a	1.50%

Transportation

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec

References

1. "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 141078". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
2. ^ "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 560". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
3. ^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census; Le Haut-Richelieu, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
4. "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
5. "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. August 12, 2021. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
6. "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
7. "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
8. "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.
9. ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
10. Official Transport Quebec Road Map

v t e Adjacent Counties & Equivalent Territories
Roussillon RCM La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM / Rouville RCM Les Jardins-de-Napierville RCM Le Haut-Richelieu RCM Brome-Missisquoi RCM  United States Clinton County, New York  United States Grand Isle County, Vermont

v t e  Administrative divisions of Montérégie  (Region 16)
Regional county municipalities and equivalent territories	Acton Pierre-De Saurel Les Maskoutains Rouville Le Haut-Richelieu La Vallée-du-Richelieu Longueuil Marguerite-D'Youville Roussillon Les Jardins-de-Napierville Le Haut-Saint-Laurent Beauharnois-Salaberry Vaudreuil-Soulanges
Municipalities	Cowansville Granby Sorel-Tracy Saint-Hyacinthe Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Chambly Saint-Basile-le-Grand Mont-Saint-Hilaire Beloeil Brossard Saint-Lambert Boucherville Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville Longueuil Sainte-Julie Varennes La Prairie Candiac Sainte-Catherine Saint-Constant Mercier Châteauguay Beauharnois Salaberry-de-Valleyfield Pincourt Vaudreuil-Dorion Saint-Lazare
Administrative divisions of Quebec

• Le Haut-Richelieu Regional County Municipality
• Census divisions of Quebec